Second Week Update

We're well into the second week at home with two babies and it is going so much better than I ever dreamed. I had no idea that it would be way more stressful and hard to bring home the first baby, compared to bringing home the second. The only thing making this time difficult is the recovery from the c-section. Otherwise, everything else is falling into place.

Skogen is a much much different baby than Maida was. I am having a hard time figuring things out with him at times. He wants to eat ALL THE TIME and even wants me to feed him to sleep. He won't go to sleep with his pacifier or in his bed. It gets really frustrating after a while. I was so desperate tonight, that I put him to bed on his tummy!! I know that's a no-no, so that's why I'm up. I am keeping myself awake so that I can go in and check on him every once-in-a-while. Pathetic, I know. Skogen also cries! Maida never cried when she was little and so learning to deal with a crying baby has been hard too, especially when he doesn't like his bouncer or his swing, so "dealing with him" means holding him all the time. Hopefully that will be a habit that we are able to break fairly easily and fairly quickly.

I ventured out of the house for the first time on my own with the babes on Monday afternoon. I took them up to Erik's school to eat lunch with him and show Skogen off. I have a phobia of too many people holding Skogen at once (you know, the kind of thing where one person asks to hold him and then they will pass him to someone else and they will give him to another, and pretty soon you have no idea where your baby is or who's got him), so I put him in my moby wrap so that no one would ask to hold him. I felt bad about doing that, because I know that everyone would have loved to hold him and love on him, but I just couldn't fight my motherly instinct to keep him close. Maybe when he's a little older, I'll take him up and pass him around. As far as getting out of the house with two kids went, it was hard. I don't think I'll go out again alone with them for a while, at least until I heal more from the surgery.

Everyone has asked about Maida. I'm happy to report that she has been a little princess. The first week was rough while my mom was here because Maida thought Grandma was only here to play with her, so if Grandma did anything else, Maida got upset and whiny. Since Grandma left, though, she has been so perfect. She is such a great helper for me and loves Skogen so much. He's the first one she wants to see in the morning when she wakes up and the last one she says goodnight to at night. It's so fun for me to see the growing love she has for her brother.

I don't have any pictures to post now, but hopefully we'll get some more loaded soon. Thanks for all of the thoughts, prayers, emails, messages, cards, phone calls, and gifts. This has been such a special time for us and it means a lot to us that you all are apart of it too.